Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7494294 | Pen with dual extension/retraction cartridges A pen with dual extension/retraction cartridges includes two pen tubes where each of a first pen tube and a second pen tube has a pen tip portion and a pen end portion and a writing insertion plate disposed inside the pen tube near the pen tip portion; and a guiding... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7384207 | Ergonomic hand held implement with retractable tip An improved hand-held implement is provided with a body having external surfaces that define contours which match and ergonomically engage the surfaces of a user's thumb and fingers when the user grasps the implement, so as to provide a large surface area of contact... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367736 | Solid-liquid twofold dauber The invention relates to a double-duty applicator for solid and liquid mediums, comprising a columned bearer and an outer tube combined to contain solid medium, and extending from a double-stage columned base. At the other end of said base is fixed a soft tube conta... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7316506 | Dual temperature indicator stick holder An apparatus to combine temperature indicator sticks used in the welding, metal fabrication, and heat treatment industries and capable of identifying at least two given temperatures is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first temperature indicator stick aligned alo... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290955 | Bold-fine multiple width marking instrument A marking instrument includes a body formed with a first end and a second end and sealed at the second end to define a fluid reservoir. The marking instrument includes a tip assembly positioned at the first end having a rigid nib with a fluid path formed longitudina... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287925 | Writing instrument with letter opening pocket clip An improvement to a writing instrument with a pocket clip and an integrated letter-opening blade. The improvement consists of locating the letter-opening blade in the pocket clip of the pen. The blade is prevented from cutting the pocket of the user due to a blade p... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286047 | Telematics system diagnostics logic analyzer A method of monitoring electronic module data in a mobile vehicle. The method includes receiving at least one trigger event status indicator responsive to a trigger set from at least one of a plurality of vehicles at a vehicle analysis engine, via a wireless network... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264141 | Fluid dispenser with passive pressurization A fluid dispenser from which fluid may be dispensed upon passive pressurization of a fluid reservoir therein. Upon exposing a nib of the fluid dispenser to the surroundings, either by disengagement of a cap or extension or contraction of the fluid dispenser, the flu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7175359 | Cosmeticizing pen A cosmeticizing pen includes a sleeve a guider mounted in the sleeve. Two shanks respectively longitudinally mounted to two opposite end of the guider and two drive devices respectively mounted in the two shanks. The sleeve is selectively connected to a correspondin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162339 | automated vehicle calibration and testing system via telematics Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically updating the calibration parameters of a vehicle from a remote location. The apparatus typically comprises an onboard computing platform connected to electronic control units in the vehicle. The computing platform... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156571 | Combination pen or pencil and circular marking implement A combination pen, pencil and circular marking implement that can be utilized as a pen or pencil writing tool and for circular ink marking on printed surfaces for word game and puzzle solution includes a central passageway for accommodating ink cartridges or lead pe... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147392 | Combination writing instrument A writing instrument, which has an inner and outer writing element with separate writing medium reservoirs. The writing elements are coaxially mounted in an outer barrel and axially moveable with respect to one another. A driving mechanism may be actuated to allow a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131724 | Cartridge for an electronic pen A cartridge for a pen has an electronically controllable marking device, such as an ink jet printhead, for marking a visible path on a surface, a non marking stylus nib that in use contacts the surface with the marking device directed toward or contacting the surfac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7101104 | Free ink system A free ink marking instrument for dispensing an ink, including a housing, a reservoir for storing ink within the housing, a feed tube to convey ink communicating with the reservoir, a tip disposed within the feed tube for conveying ink to a substrate at a marking en... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083665 | Highlightable marking composition, method of highlighting the same, highlightable marking composition kit, and highlighted marking composition complex A highlightable ink including a colored pigment and an eradicable colorant; a kit including the highlightable ink and an eradicator solution; an ink complex including a colorless or substantially colorless eradicable dye selected from the group consisting of diarylm... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066042 | Advancing/retracting mechanism An advancing/retracting mechanism having a pair of cams is disclosed. The advancing/retracting mechanism includes a first cam, a second cam, and a barrel. The first cam includes an angled surface and a shoe, and the second cam includes an angled surface and a slider... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7018124 | Writing implement with stylus A writing implement has a barrel provided with a separate front cap or a front cap formed integrally with the barrel, a writing member placed in the barrel, pushed constantly backward by a return spring and capable of axially sliding in the barrel, and a stylus mech... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6971812 | Pen having a swinging decoration A pen with a swinging decoration includes a decoration in a shape with two hands and two legs at a top end of a penholder of an ordinary pen. A refill is pushed against a top shaft to move upward and pressed against a swing, whereas teeth rows at two edges of the to... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960039 | Drawing tool for using multiple markers A drawing tool for creating stripped patterns or multi-colored lines, such as rainbows. The drawing tool includes a set of removable cartridges of varying sizes, nib shapes and colors, each of which is interchangeable with others of its own size or with a set ratio ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6939069 | Composite writing utensil A composite writing utensil comprising a front barrel and a rear barrel, a cam body provided within the barrel unrotatable with respect to the rear barrel, and a slider unrotatable with respect to the front barrel and coupled to each of a plurality of writing shafts... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6905539 | Black eradicable ink, methods of eradication of the same, eradicable ink kit, and eradicated ink complex A shear-thinning eradicable ink including water, a dye selected from the group consisting of diarylmethane derivatives, triarylmethane derivatives, methine dyes, and a solvent, wherein the ink has a shear-thinning index in the range of about 0.35 to about 1.0; a kit... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899482 | Writing instrument A multi-color writing instrument such as a ballpoint pen or mechanical pencil, which is adapted such that a selection of a writing color can be easily performed even under poor lighting conditions and/or by a person with poor eyesight. The writing instrument include... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6554516 | Writing instrument with retractable ink cartridge and retractable correcting fluid cartridge A writing instrument with a retractable ink cartridge and retractable correcting fluid cartridge mounted on opposite ends. Actuators on the barrel of the writing instrument would extend or retract the writing or correcting tool desired. The correcting flu... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6533483 | Multi-media writing instruments and methods for their use Apparatuses and methods for providing a multi-media writing instrument having locking grips. The grips are locked into position so that they will not rotate around the outer diameter of the pen. In particular, the upper grip of the multi-media writing ins... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6481908 | Orbital marking pencil and scratch-off card remover An orbital marking pencil includes a marking retention body, marking convoluted body, and a marking collet. The marking collet retains a piece of lead on one end. The marking collet is retained in the marking convoluted body. The marking convoluted body i... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6454479 | Orbital marking pencil and scratch-off card remover An orbital marking pencil includes a marking retention body, marking convoluted body, and a marking collet. The marking collet retains a piece of lead on one end. The marking collet is retained in the marking convoluted body. The marking convoluted body i... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412998 | Multi-function writing instrument A single writing instrument has multiple marking tips combined with a non-marking stylus tip. The single writing instrument is formed by two complimentary bodies which are joined together. The complimentary bodies are a front section and a rear section. T... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6345922 | Cartridge type feeding container A cartridge type feeding container has a rod-like cosmetic material in which the rod-like cosmetic material is neither damaged nor pulled apart even if a buffering external shock is applied to the container and the cartridge is not pulled apart from the c... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6315477 | Writing device with at least two writing elements A writing device with a housing in which at least two writing elements are arranged and of which one is a lead insert. In order to facilitate the filling of a lead chamber of the lead insert an axially aligned fixed cylinder tube in a back housing part sl... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6254295 | Dual-purpose pen A dual-purpose pen has a barrel, a cap engaged with the barrel, and a ball point that is extendable from the end of the barrel, and a key-pressing point that is extendable from the end of the cap. The pen can be used for writing when the ball point is ext... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6217241 | Multiplex writing implement A multiplex writing implement has a multiple number of ball-point pen elements in the barrel cylinder thereof, in which an ink reservoir thereof is filled with a water based ink having so-called thixotropy, which is a characteristic which lowers the visco... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6155733 | Adjustable multi-tip marker A writing implement with three or more non-coaxial optionally selectable writing tips to produce lines of different thicknesses and to create unique and distinct "outlining" or "highlighting" effects. It is particularly adapted to be used on fibrous or fe... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6155734 | Rotary stick projecting device A rotary stick projecting device comprises an inner barrel provided in its inner surface with helical grooves and on its outer surface with projections, a front barrel receiving a front part of the inner barrel so as to permit the inner barrel to turn rel... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6073055 | Computerized virtual paint manufacturing and application system A computer-implemented apparatus and method for coordinating paint-related process steps of at least one paint-related facility. The paint-related process steps exhibit paint-related characteristics. A data acquisition module is provided for acquiring pai... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5927881 | Multiple-shaft pen kit A type of multiple-shaft pen kit, comprising a link hook joined to the top of each operating knob in the multiple-shaft pen kit. The link hook pulls an operating unit, and its position can be reset by a reset spring. The operating unit is joined with a pu... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5899618 | Multiplex writing implement A multiplex writing implement of the invention has a multiple number of writing elements, including at least one ball-point pen element which is filled up with a thixotropic water-soluble or low-viscosity oil-based ball-point ink. The ink reserving portio... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5890825 | Composite writing instrument A composite writing instrument comprising a writing instrument mechanism having a plurality of refills and a rod-like delivery mechanism, the composite writing instrument comprising middle shaft provided between a front shaft and a rear shaft, return spri... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5549403 | Multi-element writing instrument A multi-element writing instrument adapted for use with wicking-type writing elements to operate as a multi-element, multi-color felt tip highlighting pen is disclosed. The instrument comprises 1) an elongated body, the body terminating with an opening an... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5356232 | Unified writing instrument and eraser dispenser A combined writing instrument and eraser dispenser wherein a twist and click actuator (4) is rotatably and axially slidable within an outercasing (5). A portion of the twist and click actuator extends from within a tail of the outercasing enough to provid... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5306107 | Twin-type stick-shaped material extending container A twin type stick-shaped material extending container comprised of a base sleeve having first and second concave inner end portions at both ends of the base sleeve. First and second rotary guide sleeves are inserted into the concave inner end portions of ... | 04/26/1994 |
